New Nutrition and HIV Publications

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The Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project II (FANTA-2) would like to

announce three new nutrition and HIV publications produced in partnership with

regional institutions in East Africa:

Nutrition and HIV/AIDS: A Training Manual for Nurses and Midwives

Nutrition, Food Security and HIV:

A Compendium of Promising Practices Nutrition Care for People Living with HIV

and AIDS:

Training Manual for Community and Home-Based Care Providers' Facilitators Guide

and Participant Handouts

These documents can be downloaded at FANTA-2’s website www.fanta-2.org (

http://www.fanta-2.org/ ).

A limited number of hard copies are available from FANTA-2 (fanta2@... (

mailto:fanta-2@... )) and from the regional partners listed below.

Nutrition and HIV/AIDS: A Training Manual for Nurses and Midwives

As front-line care providers, nurses play a critical role in HIV care and are

strongly positioned to provide nutrition care and support to people living with

HIV (PLHIV). Yet nursing school curricula in many countries include little or no

information on nutrition and HIV. Nutrition and HIV/AIDS: A Training Manual for

Nurses and Midwives is designed to address this gap by providing nursing

students the knowledge and skills needed for nutrition care and support of

PLHIV. The manual was developed by the East, Central and Southern African Health

Community (ECSA-HC), the FANTA Project and the LINKAGESProject with funding from

USAID/East Africa.

The manual is organized into three parts. Part I includes introductory sessions

with basic information about HIV and nutrition. Part II aims to build technical

knowledge of nurses. Part IIIprovides guidance on nutrition care for clients at

different stages of the life cycle. While designed to be used for pre-service

training, the manual can also be used for in-service training.

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The training manual is available at

www.fantaproject.org/publications/nurses_midwives2008.shtml.

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Nutrition, Food Security and HIV: A Compendium of Promising Practices

Increasingly, countries in eastern, central and southern Africaare integrating

nutrition and food security interventions into HIV services. As the number,

variety and reach of these programs expand, identification and documentation of

promising practices become valuable in order to help understand what works,

replicate successful approaches, and incorporate lessons into programs. The

Regional Centre for Quality of Health Care (RCQHC) in Ugandaand the FANTA

Project organized extensive in-country reviews by local teams of nutrition, food

security and HIV programs in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

Nutrition, Food Security and HIV: A Compendium of Promising Practices compiles,

analyzes and describes the promising practices identified through the reviews.

The compendium was developed by RCQHC and the FANTA Project with funding from

USAID/East Africa.

The compendium is available at

www.fantaproject.org/publications/fsHIVcompendium2008.shtml.

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Nutrition Care for People Living with HIV and AIDS: Training Manual for

Community and Home-Based Care Providers' Facilitators Guide and Participant

Handouts

Community and home-based care providers are front-line workers in care and

support of PLHIV. Their close contact with PLHIV and affected household members

and their familiarity with the household environment offer a valuable

opportunity for targeted nutrition care and support. Nutrition Care for People

Living with HIV and AIDS: Training Manual for Community and Home-Based Care

Providers' Facilitators Guide and Participant Handouts are designed to equip

community and home-based care providers with sufficient knowledge and skills to

provide nutrition care to PLHIV as part of ongoing services. The materials are

designed for training providers who do not have extensive education or technical

knowledge. Topics include the relationship between nutrition and HIV, assessment

of nutritional status, methods for improving food intake, management of HIV and

AIDS complications, managing food and drug interactions, care for HIV-positive

women and children, food and water safety and hygiene, and principles of

counseling and networking.

The facilitator’s guide and participant handouts were developed by RCQHC and

the FANTA Project with funding from USAID/East Africa.

The training manual is available at

www.fantaproject.org/publications/hbc_training2008.shtml.

Information Associate

Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance II Project (FANTA-2)

1825 Connecticut Ave., NW

Washington, DC 20009

tel. (202) 884-8000

fax (202) 884-8834

www.fantaproject.org